namesake

Possessives

pub: Few would guess, however, that this is also the site of the former White Cross monastery of the pub's namesake.

Converse of object

• have: He had a namesake, an Archbishop of Ambrose's Milan, who died in 477.
• find: I was also interested to find an Australian cricket player namesake, born in 1895, who played 8 games for Victoria.
• meet: I took the opportunity while there to go and meet a namesake.
• publish: This Agog is the magazine published in East Kilbride not to be confused with its namesake published in London.
• create: And we had created a namesake and we had created a heck of a following.

Adjective modifier

• famous: Peter de Montfort was killed with his famous namesake - Simon de Montfort - at the Battle of Evesham.
• near: Al Carone - unlike his near namesake, Al Capone truly was a paradox wrapped in a mystery concealed behind an enigma.
• biblical: For my sake, have pity them " Take heart, Paul, your biblical namesake was a fighter too.
• illustrious: Gaudissart in the mart is at least the equal of his illustrious namesake, now become the typical commercial traveler.
• natural: From china shipping still gleaming from to their natural namesakes my sister so.
• African: Rastafarians are now campaigning vigorously for a Truth Commission, along the lines of its South African post apartheid namesake.

Modifies a noun

• island: In the two years of her life she had steamed many thousands of miles but had always been based on her namesake island.
• ship: We would like to Honor the service of our namesake ship.

Noun used with modifier

Quaker: The Far Corner is center stage A marriage made in Hampden Meet the plain Bobby Robson Claims to fame as Quakers namesakes.. .